Leadership For Today's Business World
Gordon R. Clogston on March 9 2010
Years ago, I met a man named Ed who sat at an old field desk at the back of the supply room. Whenever I needed something from the supply room Ed was always there and ready to assist. He would happily retrieve whatever I needed while engaging me in conversation about my role, my background, where my career might take me, and I came to realize that there was a lot more to Ed than just managing supplies. I asked my manager about him and was told his story. Read the rest of this entry »
Gordon R. Clogston on March 2 2010
Many years ago, I was a Unit Manager reporting to an Area Manager, who reported to a Regional Manager, who reported to a Vice President who resided somewhere in the ivory towers of a large, publicly-held corporation headquartered in a land far, far away. You may assume from this that it was unusual for anyone at my level to have an audience with a Vice President or even a Regional Manager and you would be correct. The Area manager was the company as far as we were concerned.
When I joined the company, it was near the end of the fiscal year and everyone was working feverishly to close out the year and to finalize next year’s budgets. Read the rest of this entry »
